Supercommittee Quotes & Sayings

Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success. — Sting

What happened felt more like chemistry than a kiss. Pure liquid heat on my lips, dissolving into me, trailing a hot line down my chest and pooling in my stomach. My heels rose off the floor. All of me rose, unanchored, held down only by his weight pressing me to the chilly slab of the door. We kissed as we could not have done until now - like lovers. — Leah Raeder

Look at me, see how I resemble a puddle of dog vomit? Won't you please throw your fingers to your teeth and be wildly fascinated by me? — Ted Dekker

My grandmother didn't live to see us begin our lives in public service. But she probably would have thought it extraordinary that just two generations after she arrived in San Antonio, one grandson would be the mayor and the other would be on his way - the good people of San Antonio willing- to the United States Congress. — Julian Castro

A clear conscience is a soft pillow. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

I prefer working out of strict continuity, because no normal human being can have a firm grip on the constantly shifting bardo-like territory of a comics universe, where entire histories can be erased by a strong enough super-sneeze. — Grant Morrison

I considered mores to be one of the great general causes responsible for the maintenance of a democratic republic ... the term "mores" ... meaning ... habits of the heart. — Alexis De Tocqueville

He was breaking his fast on white wine and raw onions, in order to keep up the character of martyr, I conclude. — Robert Louis Stevenson

Those who can do. Those who can't form a supercommittee. — Mark Steyn